film
Many actors in Hollywood have a reputation of being capable of playing a variety of roles, and winning prestigious awards for doing it. But there are also plenty of actors who have delivered such an...
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Love is rarely tidy. It can provoke extreme behavior from the most unassuming of characters. Throughout history, people have performed both extraordinary and downright despicable acts in love’s...
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What would movies be without love stories? Even since filmmakers have put their tales on celluloid, the vast majority revolve around the love between two individuals. Or maybe three. Which makes...
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Film critics typically rate films more, well, critically than general audiences do. Occasionally, however, a film is lauded by the professionals but seems to fall flat with the majority of viewers....
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We often think of the Western as an obsolete movie genre, a film category about a time long past, some of whose themes seem to be out of step with modern sensibilities. Some contemporary filmmakers...
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For decades, the Western was one of the most popular of motion-picture genres. Some of filmdom’s most memorable movies fit the bill: “The Searchers,” “High Noon,” “The Magnificent...
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When Hollywood loosened moral guidelines in the 1960s there came an immediate uptick in violent cinema, with “Bonnie & Clyde” being the most famous example. Yet Arthur Penn’s bloody crime...
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We’ve all likely told a joke we thought was hilarious that ended up falling flat. Humor is wildly subjective and can be influenced by one’s generation, culture, family, or religion. Comedic films...
18 days ago
The consequences of World War II are still felt today, nearly 80 years after the world’s most horrific conflict ended in 1945. And interest in the subject, as measured by the number of movies that...
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In 1968, the movie industry instituted a voluntary rating system with films classified as G, M, R, or X. G was general audiences, M meant parental guidance was advised, R restricted admission for...
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